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We were just sent these shots. Better quality and lighting than the last batch. Because inquiring minds wanted to see some other angles.

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I got these a few hours ago. Looks like season three being represented here. That’s a 1:18 Hot Wheels in the background of a couple of the shots, presumably for size comparison. Make of this what you will. In case you’re speculating  – no, this is not something I made. And yes, these shots are less than a day old. (I should have asked for today’s newspaper to be included in the pics) Other than that – my lips are sealed for the time being. Other than to say that AS FAR AS  WE ARE AWARE these photos did NOT come to us from ANY professional toy or model company. Capisci?

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Well, it’s been a while since we had any news. But we’ve been saving up so maybe the impact will make up for the lack of consistency. We’ve been at this for a couple years now. And while we’re still pretty excited about Batmobile modeling in general, many things have changed since we started. First – the 1966 batmobile license has been extended to other companies. Wow. What we all thought was a pipe dream in 2007 has now turned into a multi-license property franchise. Even if Time Warner don’t value it quite like we think they should, at least its getting out there more. I can’t tell you how cool it is to be casually scanning down a TRU aisle and seeing the 1:12 1966 TV Batcycle on the shelf. We never thought we’d be here. But here we are. Now Round 2 might actually release a never-before released scale model (we’ll see), and the old Aurora is getting a dust-off once again as well.

We started this to chronicle the upgrades we were doing to the Hot Wheels 1:18 Batmobiles, and then we expanded it to some of the other Batmobile modeling we and others have been doing. And now it’s a different landscape than when we started.  And though there are many of you who still want the absolute best replacement parts that you can find – we’ve reached a point where we need to shift with the market and try some new things.

I’ve talked with Doug (Insane Detailing) and Tim (TPM Customs) and we’ve decided to try a few new directions. First up, we’re taking a bit of a break from producing the individual parts. We have some amazing items still under development and we may offer them once we get them finished. But for now – that part of the site is about to go on hiatus. Since we started we have been asked to offer whole custom Batmobiles rather than just the parts. We feel like our parts can be used by almost anyone – but some non-modelers out there just want accurate, finished Batmobiles. We’ve usually said no to that for several reasons.  Well the big announcement is that we think we’ve worked some ways through our reservations and we ‘re going to be offering modified, finished, full 1:18 Batmobiles. These are going to be very special. And very few and far between. We’re targeting between 6-8 total. We are going to incorporate many of the parts that we’ve developed, some new ones and some other things that nobody has seen yet. We will not be taking custom orders. What we make is what we’ll be selling. We are ironing out the parameters of our first release right now. What we do know is that they will be collaborative efforts, and be the best Batmobile models that money can buy.

So what does this mean for the upgrade  parts? Well, we’ll be taking a little break from the parts for a while. Some items on our products page have already been retired. Some will be being retired in the upcoming days. If you were waiting to order parts – get them now while they’re still available because we’ll be scarfing some back for our new plans. Also – we’re setting up to blow-out a bunch of extra stuff – parts, shirts, Hot Wheels Batmobiles, Art, Toys, Prints etc. to raise some capital for the new PMB! direction. If you are on our email list – you’ll be getting the blast mail with all the for-sale stuff. If you’re not – you won’t. Get on the list asap.

I hope you’ll follow our new direction.

SF

Well, all good things must come to an end. Our second issue of seated crimefighter figures are now officially retired. Sold out. Kaput.If you missed them, you missed them. We ended it with a small run of  limited edition TPM Custom hand-painted versions and those sold out in 8 days.

We are moving on to other ideas as far as figures go so these will not be returning.

Our standing figures are selling out pretty quickly as well. These are much more affordably priced than our previous painted figures for a few reasons. They are stationery – no articulation.  And their paint job is a bit simpler than the seated figures sported. So – they cost a lot less. And there are FAR less of those available so if you want a set of them, act fast. You can grab them HERE.

Exclusive look at a sample from a very small run of private stock standing figures for the 1/18 Hot Wheels Batmobile. For those of you who didn’t want to mess with seated figures. UPDATED 2/10/10 THESE FIGURES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE PRODUCTS PAGE! CLICK HERE TO ORDER.

More info: These are much more affordably priced than our previous painted figures for a few reasons. First, they are made of a heavy vinyl as opposed to urethane. Second they are stationery – no articulation. Third – Our seated figures came with a very premium paint job (including emblem decals) by one of the top toy design shops in Asia. These standing figures are great, and look sensational next to the car or in a diorama – but their paint job is a bit simpler than the seated figures sported. So – they cost a lot less.

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